It really is a shame, and it is tiring, but it is actually nothing new:
there is now total disarray amongst those countless 'progressive' and 'semi-left' Western intellectuals, publications, movements and political parties.Cowardice, bloated egos, lack of discipline and intellectual pettiness are often to blame, but that is not all.
It is now absolutely clear that the Western
left lost patently and shamelessly. It has almost no power, it has no courage to fight or to take risks, and it counts on no real political following in Europe, North America, Australia or New Zealand. 'The masses', those proverbial 'oppressed masses', have lately been electing and voting in various semi-fascist populists, unapologetic right-wing demagogues, and mainstream pro-business brutes.
Entire Marxist 'theoretical certainties' have been collapsing in front of our eyes. Or at least they have been in the West.
To a great extent, what is now happening is absolutely natural. The European
left betrayed as early as in the 1980's, by becoming too soft, too undisciplined, too cautious and too self-centered. It put pragmatism above the ideals. It rapidly adopted the lexicon of the liberal ideological establishment, complete with Western perceptions of
human rights,
democratic principles and
political correctness. It ceased to be revolutionary; it essentially stopped all revolutionary activities, and it abandoned the core element of any true left-wing identity - internationalism.
Comment: It seems the US lost its chance, and now not only are the North apparently capable of a nuclear strike on the US, but they're also busy making motions towards better relations with their kin in the South: